Carpet-fastener.



' P. SCHNEIDER.

CARPET FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 20, 1915.

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PHILIPP SCHNEIDER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

CARPET-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 20, 1915. 7 Serial No. 67,941.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PI-ULIPP SCHNEIDER, a citizen of the United States, and resident of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carpet-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification containing a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to improvements in carpet fasteners and is especially directed to fasteners employed in connection with stair carpets and similar coverings.

The object of my improvements is to construct a fastener from a single piece of material whose body is substantially V-shaped, having at its free ends pointed laterals whereby the fastener may secure the carpet at two distinct points.

I'Vith the above object in view my invention consists in the fastener hereinafter fully, clearly and concisely set forth, pointed out in my claims and illustrated by the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation of a fastener constructed according to my invention;

Fig. 2 is a fragmental front elevation of a stairway having a carpet or covering thereon secured in place by my improved fasteners;

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional elevation showing a carpet or stair covering secured in place by my improved fasteners;

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 showing a relatively thin stair covering with protecting devices between the fastener and stair covering to prevent tearing of the stair covering;

Fig. 5 is a fragmental front elevation showing the protecting device between the fastener and carpet.

' Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings 8 and 9 designate the legs of the fastener connected integrally by the bight 10. The legs are arranged non-parallel, that is diverge from said bight to cause them to stand more distantly separated at their free ends than at the bight. Each leg has at its free end a lateral designated 11 and 12 respectively, each of which laterals is pointed to facilitate its driving, and which stand at an angle other than a right angle relative to the legs. By preference these laterals are bent at an oblique angle rela tive to the legs with their points or terminals extended in a direction toward the bight. By preference as shown in Fig. l the one leg (shown at 8 in the drawing) is greater in length than the other leg so that when it is desired to secure the fastener in place by the employment of a hammer the driving points, viz. the ends of the legs, next adjacent the laterals are separated a sufiicient distance to hammer.

WVhen my improved fastener is used in connection with carpets or stair coverings of relatively heavy fabric, the bight 10 of the fastener will not likely penetrate the carpet nor will the carpet be likely to tear around the pointed laterals 11 and 12 but when relatively light stair coverings, such for instance as matting are to be laid I contemplate the use of a plate 13 such as shown in Fig. 5 to cover thebight 10 of the fastener to prevent its piercing or otherwise disturbing the weave or texture of the stair covering and to prevent the light stair covering from tearing out at the points .where the laterals extend therethrough, I resort to the use of washers such as 14: shown in Fig. 5.

In Fig. l I show a device 15 in all particulars similar to the plate 13 of Fig. 5 eX- cept that I contemplate its extension the full width of the carpet to be employed as a stair rod as well as a plate to prevent tearing of the covering about the fastener.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters-Patent of the United States therefor is:

I 1. A carpet fastener constructed of a single piece of material having a substantially V-shaped body and a pointed lateral at each end of said body, and an element at the bight of said body for bearing upon the carpet.

2. A carpet fastener constructed of a single piece of material comprising nonparallel legs of different lengths and a pointed lateral on each leg arranged at an angle other than a right angle relative to the leg, and an element at the bight of said body for bearing upon the carpet.

3. A carpet fastener comprising a V- shaped body having a pointed lateral at each of its free ends, a plate for the covering of the apex or bight of the body of the fastener and a washer for each of said laterals substantially as shown and for the purpose stated.

Patented Mar. 13, 1917. 7

permit of impacts by a 4. A carpet fastener constructed of n element in order to be accessible to an im- 10 single piece of Wire the body of which is subpacting tool.

stentially V-shaped with the bight thereof In testimony whereof, I have signed my rounded, a pointed lateral extended intename to this specification, in presence of two 5 grally from each free end of the V-shaped subscribing Witnesses.

body and bent reversely, the two elements of PHILIPP SCHNEIDER.

the V-shaped body having diflerent lengths Witnesses: whereby the end of the one element of the A. C. KIBURTZ,

body projects beyond the end of the other R. G. ORWIG.

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